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| Title | Streetcar #670, Seattle, ca. 1916 |
| Photographer | Woodrow |
| Date | ca. 1916 |
| Caption | Seattle's streetcars were originally pulled along tracks by horses. The first electrically-powered streetcars and cablecars began service in 1889. Most of the early lines were independent and privately-owned. Later, most of the lines became part of the city's street railway system.
This photo, taken in 1916 or 1917, shows streetcar #670 headed to Ballard Beach. Like today's electric city buses, the trolley was attached to the electric power lines with two booms. Unlike today's buses, it traveled on tracks. |
| Notes | Typed on verso: #670, car to Ballard Beach. Conductor, on left "Unk." Motorman, on right, Andrew A. Whiteley (1881-1952). Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co. Built in 1909 at St. Louis Car Co., Single End. Photo taken in 1916 or 1917 on N.W. 64th St. at 36th N.W. This was terminal of #28 Ballard Beach Line, in Seattle. Car scrapped and burned July 15, 1940. Larry Hoffman. |
| Subjects | Street railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle; Street railroad employees--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Whiteley, Andrew A. |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Ballard (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | SHS12480 |
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| Credit Line | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Historical Society Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w; 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original print as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
